I get these daily. From lots of financial institutions, even pretending
to be from my bank. It's called Phishing. Every one of the emails are
Spam scams. Be wise. Never respond to these crooks.
David C
San Diego
----- Original Message -----
From: Editorgary@aol.com
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:16 PM
Subject: Online Scams
In a message dated 4/6/06 9:24:46 AM, owner-healeys-digest@autox.team.net
writes:
> Check the respond button on an official email from a buyer/seller and
> remember what it says. It needs to say something like
> http://contact.ebay.com/ws/.......a whole long line here including the
> auction item number.
>
Ain't just eBay -- I've gotten four or five very official looking emails in
the past month from "ChaseMorgan" suggesting various things, such as an
overseas use of my credit card, a possible invasion of the password system
(Which
would of course require me to enter my password in order to change it), and
an
attempt to cash a check against my account, and telling me that in order to
deal
with the situation , it was essential that I respond immediately, and
respond
to each of the queries, otherwise my account would be suspended "for my own
protection." There was even a warning at the bottom to be careful about
internet fraud and never to respond to any inquiries except official ones.
In
each
case, when I checked where the reply would have gone, it wasn't anything to
do
with Chase. I forwarded it to their security department, which confirmed
the
attempted fraud. In fact, they told me that they NEVER request information
via
email, but always use a phone call or registered letter, and a human to
human
interaction.
Cheers
Gary
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